Silvester Petyt was born at Storiths and baptised at Bolton Abbey on January 3^rd 1638. His father was William Petyt, a yeoman farmer, whose family had been established in the Bolton Abbey area since the fifteenth century. He was one of a family of five daughters and three sons. Silvester and his two brothers, William and Henry, were educated at Ermysted’s Grammar School at Skipton. All three brothers eventually moved to London where William and Silvester pursued careers in the legal profession. William studied law at Barnard’s Inn and later at Christ’s College, Cambridge and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1670. He achieved great fame as a lawyer and antiquarian and was appointed Keeper of the Records at the Tower of London in 1689.

Silvester also studied law at Barnard’s Inn and was to remain attached to the Society for the rest of his life. He was admitted in June 1666, made an Ancient of the Society in May 1685 and appointed Principal in July 1701. In his early days he was appointed one of the clerks in the Court of Common Pleas but apart from that did not take much part in public affairs. He did, however, build up a very successful legal and money lending business. So successful that when he died in 1719 he left in excess of £30,000.

Silvester, like his brother William, died unmarried and like William he remembered his birthplace when he drew up his will. His will was very complicated, extended to thirty pages and took four years to prove. He left about £2,500 and his personal possessions to his near relatives, the remainder was to be used for charitable purposes. To the Vicar and Churchwardens of Skipton he left £140 to clothe and put out as apprentices twenty poor children. He left a similar amounts to the Churchwardens and Overseers 0f the Poor of Bolton Abbey and to the Churchwardens of St. Andrew, Holborn the parish where he had lived ever since he went to London. He left money to buy books for Skipton Grammar School, money to maintain the Library he had established in the Skipton Parish Church and funds to provide a school at Storiths. After all these and other small bequests had been provided for Silvester stipulated that the remainder of the money should be invested in land and the profits used for …..procurring poor children born and to be born within the Parish of Skipton and within the said Towns and Villages of Bolton Brigg, Beamsley, Storiths, Hazlewood and Deerstones, or some of them, to read and write and to clothe and put out such of them Apprentices as they or the greater part of them for the time being shall from time to time think fit……he then went on to say…..And if any of my relations and Kindred be Objects of Charity, I hope the Trustees will consider them in the distribution of this Charity.

The Trustees were all London based people who took very little interest in what was happening in Yorkshire. True they met every year, ate an expensive dinner provided by the terms of the will but did little else. No land was ever purchased and what could have been a very valuable charity just drifted on until it was reorganised by the Charity Commissioners in 1879. The Trustees appointed an Agent in Yorkshire to deal with applications for assistance from ‘poor relations’ and from parents wishing to have their children placed out as apprentices. In the early days this agent was often the Steward at Skipton Castle, one of the first being Christopher Petyt the son of a cousin of Silvester Petyt. The poor relations had to provide proof of their relationship to Silvester Petyt and in the Petyt Charity Accounts for 1728 is the entry...To Mr. Cheetham for making out pedigrees and catalogues of the books the sum of £5. The following year is the entry…Paid Mr. Cheetham a year’s salary for keeping the Library in Skipton Church due 19 April 1729..£5….Paid Mr. Cheetham boys to read and write till fit to be put out apprentices..£7-10-0. The Rev. John Cheetham was the Librarian and schoolmaster of the boys school ( not the Grammar School) at Skipton until his death in 1746. There was also a Charity Schools for Girls in Skipton where the teacher was a Mrs. Mary Wallace. The Trustees granted her a payment of £2 per year, hopefully this was an addition to and not the whole of her salary. The Trustees also paid the salaries of the schoolmasters at Hazlewood and Barden.

Thre were also expenses to be paid in connection with the apprentices such as those in 1731….Paid a Bill of Expenses at Bolton Bridge when the inhabitants of the towns within the Bolton Curacy met and assisted in putting out apprentices..£1-0-4. and…Paid another Bill at Skipton when the Principal Inhabitants met and when the apprentices were fixed with to proper masters…£1-11-6. In 1734 the Trustees were having problems finding suitable candidates because….Paid Mr. Mitton (Vicar of Skipton) for searching the Registers of the Parish of Skipton for poor children’s names to be put out apprentices…4/-. By 1741 the expenses had risen to £5-9-0….Paid Expenses at several meetings to put out apprentices, to settle the lists and to get certificates etc. of the children’s ages.

The following list of apprentices is taken from an account book of the Petyt Charity 1726-1755. It lists the children by township and there are also separate lists of children said to be poor relations. In the cases of apprentices from townships not mentioned in Silvester Petyt’s will these can be assumed to be the children of poor relations. In the twenty nine year period a total of 619 chidren were apprenticed, of these 76 were girls. It is noticeable that after 1738 no girls were put out as apprentices. There are 78 trades or professions listed, ranging from the expected farmer and weaver to the more unusual such as scrivener, glassmaker and mantua maker. The payment was £7 per child and was made to the master whose name appears first, followed by that of the apprentice and then the parent.

John Roydes, Clothier, with Samuel Lister.

William Wood, Clothier, with Anthony Petyt.

James Watkins, Clothier, with Abraham Petyt.

Abraham Barstow, Clothier, with John Petyt.

John Boothman with Mary Petyt.

James Lund with Mary Lund.

Richard Jackson with Thomas Parkin.

George Stead, Blacksmith, with Robert Smith son of Jos. Smith.

Francis Mason, Weaver, with John Rawson son of Stephen Rawson.

Christopher Petyt with Francis Whitaker son of Francis Whitaker.

John Green, Clockmaker, with John Morvill son of Stephen Morvill.

Francis Wilkinson, Butcher, with John Wilkinson son of Francis Wilkinson.

George Burton, Glazier, with John Burton son of George Burton.

Thomas Oldfield, Gardener, with Thomas Oldfield son of Jona Oldfield.

James Booth, Blacksmith, with John Moorhouse son of William Moorhouse.

John Fairbank, Shoemaker, with James Barrett son of James Barrett.

Paul Pate, Shoemaker, with Robert Bowcock son of Thomas Bowcock.

Gilbert Johnson, Brazier, with Robert Johnson son of Gilbert Johnson.

Thomas Brown with Elizabeth Robinson daughter of Jona Robinson.

John Holmes, Weaver, with Josias Whitaker.

Dorothy Whitaker, Grocer, with Mary Whitaker daughter of Bernard Whitaker.

George Tomlinson, Baker, with Jane Smith daughter of William Smith.

Mary Tatham, Sempstress, with Olive Garforth who was put out in the stead of Olive Dale.

Mr. Chetham, Schoolmaster, with Frances Pearson who was put out instead of Isabell Scott.

John Preston, Shoemaker, with William Scott who was put out instead of Mary Goodgeon.

William Dudden, Mantua Maker, with Ann Tillotson.

John Rakes, Innkeeper, with Elizabeth Hodgson daughter of William Hodgson.

Richard Downham with Hannah Jennings.

Anthony Summerscall, Taylor, with Henry Atkinson son of Thomas Atkinson.

George Hardacre, Taylor, with Jonas Pearson son of Alice Pearson.

John Spencer, Clothier, with John Spencer his son.

Thomas Thompson with Mary Green daughter of Richard Green.

Robert Haythwart, Clothier, with Thomas Blakey son of Thomas Blakey.

William Lowcock with Elizabeth Johnson daughter of John Johnson.

Isaac Walsh with Agnes Moorhouse daughter of Edward Moorhouse.

William Gawthropp, Mason, with Thomas Spencer son of William Spencer.

Thomas Teal, Blacksmith, with William Stott son of Thomas Stott, deceased.

Margaret Jackson, Sempstress, with Jane Jackman daughter of Richard Jackman.

John Spencer with Jane Wadsworth daughter of Anne Wadsworth.

John Spencer, Tanner, with Jonathan Walsh son of Jos Walsh.

John Cousin, Blacksmith, with Abraham Knowles son of widow Knowles.

George Atkinson, Butcher, with Joseph Lowcock son of George Lowcock, senior.

Henry Coar, Butcher, with Thomas Bumby son of John Bumby.

George Cockshott, Clogmaker, with Edward Mawson son of Robert Mawson.

Leonard Dent, Taylor, with William Philips son of William Philips.

Francis Fallice, Butcher, with William Fallice son of William Fallice.

David Smith, Shoemaker, with Robert Kendall son of John Kendall.

Edward Archer with Matthew Archer son of Edward Archer.

John Holmes with Auger Holmes son of William Holmes.

Michael Drake, Clothier, with Samuel Mitchell.

William Lupton, Carpenter, with John Lupton.

William Wharton, Brazier, with Stephen Bumby son of Stephen Bumby.

Ingram Holmes, Butcher, with Thomas Holmes son of Christopher Holmes.

Thomas Holmes, Husbandman, with William Robinson son of William Robinson.

William Bramley with Sarah Simpson daughter of Thomas Simpson.

Henry Innman, Weaver, with James Ward son of James Ward.

Richard Blackburn with Mary Bumby daughter of Mary Bumby.

Joseph Petyt, Weaver, with John Holmes instead of Thomas Chippendale son of Peter Chippendale.

Thomas Innman, Husbandman, with Thomas Demaine son of Richard Demaine.

Anthony Demaine, Husbandman, with Thomas Demaine on the refusal of Margaret Popplewell of Bolton Brigg.

Robert Hudson, Carpenter, with John Lockwood son of John Lockwood.

George Teal, Taylor, with William Read son of William Read.

Alice Johnson, Sempstress, with Mary Johnson daughter of Thomas Johnson.

Joshua Spencer, Weaver, with Thomas Pemberton son of Thomas Pemberton.

James Bland, Husbandman, with John Bake son of Miles Bake.

John Dobson with George Dixon son of Jos Dixon.

Thomas Hudson with Martha Hudson daughter of Matthew Hudson.

John Fieldhouse, Innkeeper, with Joseph Pickles son of William Pickles.

Thomas Croft, Butcher, with George Bolton son of William Bolton.

Thomas Wilkinson, Shoemaker, with Richard Petyt.

Richard Leigh with Ann Petyt.

Matthew Steas with Margaret Popplewell instead of Jane Mason.

William Chamberlaine with Elizabeth Shutt.

Michael Mitchell, Clothier, with William Smith instead of Hannah Smith.

John Hartley, Taylor, with Thomas Gleadstone instead of James Innman.

John Jackman with Thomas Tomlinson.

Anthony Lauckland with John Birtwhistle.

Roger Waterson with Thomas Scott.

Matthew Mitchell with Joseph Smith.

Henry Rycroft, Taylor, with Robert Rycroft.

John Leyland, Shoemaker, with Thomas Leyland.

Thomas Proctor, Taylor, with John Pinkney.

William Moorhouse, Butcher, with Adam Barrett.

Peter Moorby, Butcher, with John Birtwhistle.

Henry Stirk, Weaver, with William Whiteoak.

John Barker, Hatter, with John Greenwood.

John Proctor, Currier, with James Johnson in the room of Richard Dawson.

Thomas Kilham, Roper, with Stephen Rawson.

Robert Smith, Currier, with Benjamin Smith.

George Ashton, Sadler, with William Dring.

John Green, Clockmaker, with James Gibb.

William Burton, Clockmaker, with Thomas Burton.

Thomas Towson, Barber, with Robert Birtwhistle in the room of the son of Thomas Metcalfe, deceased.

Henry Whitacre, Shoemaker, with Crispianus Whitacre.

John Wither, Taylor, with John Walker.

John Peel, Cordwainer, with Samuel Scott.

Jonas Ryshforth, Worsted Comber, with James Ryshforth.

Robert Sutton, Clockmaker, with Nathan Gawthrop.

Sampson Sugden, Vintner, with Richard Sugden.

James Myers, Butcher, with John Myers.

Robert Bowcock, Slater, with William Demaine.

John Spencer, Weaver, with Anthony Spencer.

Richard Roberts, Linen Weaver, with William Pearson.

Henry Dickinson, Linen Weaver, with Richard Dickinson in the room of Thomas Harrison.

Lawrence Lee, Butcher, with Ellis Atkinson.

Peter Chippendale, Mason, with Peter Chippendale.

William Lilly, Twiner, with William Mason.

George Horseman, Carpenter, with Abraham Walsh.

Francis Edmondson, Linen Weaver, with John Edmondson.

Edward Archer, Taylor, with Edward Archer.

James Thompson, Cloth Maker, with William Smith.

Thomas Waterhouse, Taylor, with William Jolly.

William Holmes, Shoemaker, with William Holmes.

Edward Demaine, Linen Weaver, with Thomas Demaine.

George Demaine, Butcher, with Joseph Demaine.

Thomas Pickersgill, Glassmaker, with William Read.

Robert Bake, Carpenter, with James Simpson.

Francis Jackson, Last Maker, with Thomas Bumby.

George Lowcock, Linen Weaver,with Emanuel Lowcock.

Thomas Croft, Butcher, with Thomas Philip

Joseph Steel, Shoemaker, with Peter Cowling.

William Wade, Serge Maker, with James Smith.

Anthony Laykland, Taylor, with John Crummock.

John Ellill, Butcher, with John Pearson.

William Petyt, Linen Weaver, with George Petyt.

William Chowler, Shoemaker, with Silvester Petyt.

Stephen Brigg, Blacksmith, with Major Brigg.

George Watkinson, Butcher, with George Watkinson.

Martin Hainworth, Weaver, with John Taylor.

John Bolton, Linen Weaver, with Joseph Bolton.

Thomas Pemberton, Brazier, with Thomas Pemberton.

Stephen Gill, Whitesmith, with Richard Gill.

Thomas Philip, Blacksmith, with William Guyer.

William Hustwick, Mason, with Robert Hustwick in the room of John Jones.

Mr James Carr, Schoolmaster, with Christopher Crofts.

James Atkinson with William the son of Thomas Manks.

Hugh Sugden, Cooper, with John son of John Butler.

William Garthrop, Mason, with Thomas son of William Hodgson.

Richard Oldfield,Gardener, with Fancis son of Christopher Oldfield.

James Atkinson, Cordwainer, with John son of John Leyland.

Robert Whitaker, Cordwainer, withJohn son of Henry Rycroft.

Jonas Kenyon, Roper, with Robert son of Matthew Wright.

James Scott, Gardener, with William son of Thomas Oldfield.

Ambrose Smith, Clockmaker, with Thomas son of Joseph Smith.

Robert Banks, Scrivener, with John son of Francis Wilkinson.

Robert Pickaver, Weaver, with William son of Thomas Moasin.

William Hodgson, Mason, with Joseph son of William Gawthrop.

John Proctor, Currier, with George son of John Emmot.

William Walsh, Chandler, with Richard son of Thomas Birtwhistle.

Joshua Smith, Carpenter, with Samuel son of John Pearson.

Christopher Lofthouse, Taylor, with John son of Jacob Scott.

Mary Nicholson, Baker, with Jonathan son of Thomas Scott.

William Waddilove, Tanner, with Jonathan son of Thomas Wigglesworth.

Henry Bentley, Shoemaker, with John son of Timothy Lee.

Robert Hodgson, Mason, with John son of Peter Chippendale.

Thomas Howgate, Butcher, with Richard son of William Umpleby.

Lawrence Holden, Carpenter, with William son of Peter Chippendale.

Mary Demaine, Mantua Maker,with Jane daughter of George Demaine.

Robert Ideson, Farmer, with Elizabeth daughter of Dorothy Croft.

John Wade, Mason, with Tempest son of John Lockwood.

Thomas Guyer, Carpenter, with Joshua son of John Lockwood.

Benjamin Ward, Weaver, with Thomas son of William Fallice.

John Wade, Mason, with George son of George Emmott.

Thomas Smith, Butcher, with Christopher son of Christopher Holmes.

Joshua Crowther, Butcher, with William son of Thomas Pearson.

George Stead, Blacksmith, with William son of Thomas Moorhouse in the room of Peter Blaker.

George Guyer, Linen Weaver, with Robert son of Nicholas Fentiman.

Luke Skaife, Linen Weaver, with William son of William Winterburn.

William Gill, Woollen Weaver, with Stephen son of Joseph Gill.

William Pullan, Cordwainer, with Robert son of John Holmes.

Thomas Longfellow, Linen Weaver, with William son of William Robinson.

Gilbert Bake, Whitesmith, with Isaac son of Robert Hodgson.

Francis Grunwell, Patten Maker, with Henry son of John Taylor.

William Currer, Maltster, with Stephen son of Stephen Brigg, a relation.

John Guyer, Carpenter, with Joseph son of Thomas Guyer.

Elihu Tennant, Tanner, with John son of Susannah Holmes.

Thomas Croft, Butcher, with Thomas son of Thomas Myers.

Richard Braishaw, Mason, with James son of James Laund.

William Topham, Farmer, with William son of Thomas Whitaker.

Thomas Harrison, Cordwainer, with John son of Anthony Petyt.

John Waterhouse, Weaver, with John son of Christopher Petyt.

Thomas Dobson, Taylor, with Abraham son of John Hudson.

James Emmott, Weaver, with Anthony son of Richard Petyt of Sutton.

John Mason, Blacksmith, with Joseph son of widow Whiteoak.

Samuel Waterhouse, Weaver, with Edward son of Richard Petyt of Shelf.

Abraham Marshall, Clothier, with John son of Thomas Silson.

John Armitage, Clothier, with Thomas son of John Petyt.

1732

Samul Park, Clothdrawer, with George son of Christopher Cork, a relation.

William Chippendale, Grocer, with William Son of John Wadington, a relation.

William Cockshot, Skinner, with William son of Edward Smith.

Thomas Toogood, Taylor, With Thomas his son.

Anthony Lawkland, Taylor, with Richard his son.

Richard Pinkney, Clockmaker, with Thomas son of Thomas Capstick.

James Atkinson, Shoemaker, with James his son.

Joshua Rothwell, Currier, with Hugh son of William Tomlinon.

William Lancaster, Cutler, with John his son.

Thomas Clarke, Mason, with Richard son of George Clarke.

Thomas Walmsley, Weaver, with Isaac son of Isaac Allenson.

Richard Dale, Joiner, with George his son.

Thomas Spencer, Weaver, with Edward son of Robert Jennings.

Martha Knowles, Mantua Maker, with Alice daughter of Thomas Johnson.

John Savill, Taylor, with James son of Dorothy Green in the room of Richard son of Christopher Harrison.

Robert Stoney, Mason, with John son of Edward Jennings.

William Wharton, Linen Weaver, with William son of William Jennings.

Roger Waterson, Shoemaker, with William son of John Tillotson.

Thomas Twinace, Taylor, with Thomas son of Richard Jackman.

William Spencer, Weaver, with Matthew son of Isaac Morvile.

Matthew Wright, Roper, with Thomas son of Edward Archer.

John Harrison, Blacksmith, with George son of Thomas Lamb.

Joseph Steel, Shoemaker, with Thomas son of Thomas Barrett.

Thomas Mason, Spinner, with Mary daughter of Richard Gibson, a relation.

Benjamin Ward, Linen Weaver, with Grace daughter of John Howarth.

Isaac Dewhurst, Weaver, with Sarah daughter of Edward Hirst.

Joseph Ideson, Butcher, with Samuel son of James Ward.

Joseph Johnson, Linen Weaver, with Thomas son of William Waite.

William Bland, Butcher, with Joseph son of John Read.

William Young, Blacksmith, with Henry son of William Fallice in the room of Isaac son of Thomas Robinson.

Martin Harrison with Sarah daughter of Thomas Tipling.

William Batty, Husbandman, with Thomas son of George Lowcock.

John Kendale, Butcher, with George son of John Kendale.

Welberry Holgate, Blacksmith, with William son of George Thompson instead of John son of Thomas Bumby.

Elizabeth Got, Spinner, with Ann daughter of John Bumby.

Edward Demaine, Weaver, with Thomas son of Thomas Whittingham.

Thomas Craven, Spinner, with Elizabeth daughter of Richard Robinson.

Susannah Petyt with Ann daughter of William Petyt in the room of Isaac son of Thomas Bolton.

William Watkinson, Butcher, with William his son.

George Petyt, Linen Weaver, with Henry son of George Watkinson.

Thomas Craven, Maltster,with Thomas son of Robert Watkinson.

Sarah Petyt, Mantua Maker, with Suannah daughter of Josias Wharton.

Robert Bramley, Baker, with Ann daughter of Miles Bake.

Henry Winterburn, Spinner, with Elizabeth daughter of Sarah Johnson.

John Hammond, Clothmaker, with William son of James Laund a poor relation.

1733

William Elis, Shoemaker, with Thomas son of Thomas Whitaker.

Richard Pinkney, Book Binder, with Samuel son of Timothy Crowther.

John Andrew, Taylor, with Richard son of Richard Smith.

William Myers with George son of James Myers.

Thomas Petyt, Blacksmith, with Anthony son of John Petyt.

Mary Fell, Spinner, with Grace daughter of John Spencer.

Mary Toogood, Mantua Maker, with Ellen daughter of John Demaine.

William Thorp, Hatter, with Ann daughter of Ann Mason instead of Jane daughter of William Wigglesworth.

Samuel Whitaker, Taylor, with John son of John Bowling instead of William son of George Thompson.

Thomas Petyt, Whitesmith, with John son of George Demaine.

Ann Wadilove, Mantua Maker, with Susannah daughter of Joseph West.

John Mitchell, Spinner, with Margaret daughter of Thomas Simpson.

Thomas Wynn, Taylor, with Thomas son of Thomas Birtwhistle.

Joseph Johnson, Linen Weaver, with Michael son of Ingram West.

Stephen Briggs, Blacksmith, with Joseph son of Joseph Petyt instead of Ann daughter of William Petyt.

1734

Mr John Chetham with Mary daughter of Jonas Rushforth.

William Hodgson, Mason, with Stephen son of Robert Moorby.

Richard Winterburn, Serge Weaver, with Thomas son of Richard Lister.

Eleanor Fort, Spinner, with Eleanor daughter of Hugh Watson.

John Weatherhead, Sadler, with Elias son of James Barrett.

John Green, Clockmaker, with James son of Thomas Green.

Mary Johnson, Spinner, with Ann daughter of Gilbert Johnson.

William Smith, Clockmaker, with John son of Henry Constadine.

Jonathan Jennings, Spinner, with Jane daughter of William Jennings.

George Mawson, Shoemaker, with Thomas son of Isabel Lister, widow.

Thomas Stead, Mason, with Martin son of Martin West.

John Popplewell with Agnes daughter of Christopher Holmes.

James Whitaker, with Ann daughter of James Read.

Joseph Johnson with Jane daughter of William Waite.

Richard Shiers, Butcher, with Samuel son of Samuel Shiers.

Ann Fallice with Hannah daughter of Thomas Moon.

Mary Preston with Mary daughter of Ann Whitaker.

William Baxter with Mary daughter of Christopher Petyt.

James Powell with Eleanor daughter of Joseph Dixon.

Henry Bracewell with George son of William Bracewell.

David Armitage with Thomas son of Anthony Petyt.

Thomas Cockshot, Carpenter, with George son of widow Whiteoak.

John Petyt of Acomb, Carpenter & Joiner with John Petyt his son.

Jonathan Cordley, Blacksmith and Farrier with William son of Alice Longbottom.

1735

Jonathan Alcock, Joiner, with Hugh son of William Lupton.

Richard Robinson with Matthew son of Joseph Smith.

George Stead, Blacksmith, with Robert son of John Emmott.

William Hustwick, Mason, with Samuel son of Jonathan Jennings.

Elizabeth Watterson, Mantua Maker, with Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Watson.

James Flesher, Dyer, with Francis son of Richard Waller.

Elizabeth Birtwhistle with Ann daughter of Lancelot Bishop.

Richard Waller, Cook, with Isabel daughter of Isaac Bland.

Robert Burnley, Clothier, with James son of Ishmael Gleadstone.

Mary Atkinson with Mary daughter of Thomas Howarth.

William Bell, Miller, with John son of William Spencer.

Joseph Hodgson, Taylor, with Ann daughter of Peter Chippendale.

Elizabeth Booth with Mary daughter of William Phillips.

George Kendall, Butcher, with John son of Richard Robinson.

Thomas Mason, Cooper, with Thomas son of William Bumby.

Lawrence Holden, Carpenter, with Jonathan son of Peter Chippendale.

Margaret Shiers with Abigail daughter of Joseph Gott.

Margaret Richardson with Ann daughter of William Winterburn.

Jane Johnson with Ann daughter of Samuel Bogden.

Robert Lane, Butcher, with John son of Thomas Croft.

Mary Shelden, Grocer, with Barbara daughter of Henry Shelden.

Sarah Croft with Sarah daughter of Robert Lane.

Christopher Birkbeck, Blacksmith, with Thomas son of Joseph Fayrer.

Aron Lowcock, Linen Weaver, with John son of John Lowcock.

Matthew Drake, Clothier, with Joseph son of Michael Drake.

William Derham, Joiner, with William son of Roger Derham.

James Barnes, Weaver, with Richard son of Richard Lund.

William Grange, Linen Weaver, with James son of William Wheelhouse.

George Petyt with Thomas Dickinson to learn the business of a farmer.

Ellen Brayshaw, Shopkeeper, with Mary daughter of William Laund.

1736

Robert Birtwhistle, Barber, with Thomas son of Christopher Cork.

Dorothy Walsh with Mary daughter of Thomas Birtwhistle.

Richard Keighley, Linen Weaver, with John son of Jonathan Scott.

Joseph Chippendale, Wool Comber, with Ambrose son of Jonas Ryshworth.

Thomas Oldfield with Martha daughter of William Emmott.

Timothy Crowther, Bookseller, with Henry son of Henry Constadine.

James Akinson, Shoemaker, with John son of Henry Dickinson.

Richard Bordley, Joiner, with Luke son of Richard Dale.

Stephen Catterson with William son of Edward Heelis to learn Husbandry.

William Northrop, Whitesmith, with Jonathan son of William Jennings.

Mary Fell with Alice daughter of John Petyt.

Thomas Jackman, Weaver, with Thomas son of Edward Hirst.

Agnes Watkinson with Ann daughter of John Parkinson.

Joseph Steel, Shoemaker, with Jonathan son of Thomas Simpson.

Jane Simpson with Agnes daughter of John Read.

Thomas Hollay, Blacksmith, with Joseph son of John Blakey.

Thomas Proctor, Milliner, with Susannah daughter of John Petyt.

Timothy Pullan with Jane daughter of David Wilson.

Jane Wise with Sarah daughter of William Robinson.

Thomas Robinson, Tanner, with Thomas son of Thomas Gill.

John Atkinson, Feltmaker, with John son of John Winterburn.

Edward Halegrave, Carpenter, with Thomas son of William Braley.

Henry Law, Clothier, with John son of John Howarth.

William Loreman, Soap Boiler, with Samuel son of Thomas Poppleton.

John Gill, Taylor, with William son of Thomas Diver.

1737

William Ellis, Shoemaker, with William son of Paul Paite.

Joseph Maskew, Linen Weaver, with John son of William Turner.

Joseph Bayne, Felt Maker, with James son of Thomas Toogod.

Paul Paite, Shoemaker, with James son of James Birtwhistle.

Richard Robinson, Shalloon Weaver, with Robert son of Thomas Tempest.

Francis Dixon, Linen Draper, with Mary daughter of Walter Gleadstone.

Robert Mason, Carpenter, with Cheyney son of Cheyney Mason.

Christopher Johnson, Linen Weaver, with Henry son of William Smith.

William Walsh, Butcher, with John son of John Blakey.

John Guyer, Carpenter, with Francis son of James Ward.

Israel Clarkson with Mary daughter of William Clemy.

George Atkinson, Linen Webster, with Joseph son of John Taylor.

Isabel Ideson with Ann daughter of William Watkinson.

William Myers with John son of Ann Emmott, deceased.

Abraham Steel, Weaver, with Ralph son of George Linsley.

Thomas Grayson, Flaxman, with John son of Thomas Lowcock.

George Burton, Butcher, with John son of George Petyt.

Anthony Demaine, Linen Webster, with John son of William Demaine.

Bryan Lister, Tanner, with Robert son of Isabel Spencer.

George Waund, Blacksmith, with William son of William Pawson.

1738

John Heelis, Tallow Chandler, with John son of Edward Heelis.

George Tomlinson, Baker, with Frances daughter of Christopher Cork.

Mary Smith, Milliner and Linen Draper, with Mary daughter of Robert Whitaker.

Richard Pinkney, Clockmaker, with John son of Thomas Capstick.

Thomas Gill, Joiner, with John son of Hugh Watson.

John Stead, Flaxdresser, with Francis son of Francis Mason.

William Eastburn, Taylor, with Thomas son of Thomas Tempest.

John Wilson, Comber and Weaver, with Felix son of William Barrett.

John Lockwood, Carpenter and Joiner, with Joseph son of Joseph West.

John Ingham, Butcher, with Jonas son of Jonas Ingham.

William Wade, Serge Weaver and Farmer, with Martin son of Martin Roper.

Matthew Young, Butcher, with Luke son of William Petyt.

Hannah Guyer, Mantua Maker, with Mary daughter of Thomas Guyer.

Elizabeth Wade, Mantua Maker, with Sarah daughter of Miles Bake.

Thomas Dyson, Clothier, with Jonathan son of Henry Wilby.

Nicholas Worsley, Woollen Weaver and Farmer with Dionisus son of Henry Low.

John Croft, Dyer, with Tobit son of Richard Blakeborough.

William Mann, Cooper, with George son of John Lowcock, deceased.

Thomas Wood, Linen Weaver and Farmer, with William son of John Whiteoak.

Anthony Demaine, Linen Weaver and Bleacher, with Ellen daughter of William Wheelhouse.

1739

Samuel Whitehead, Serge Weaver, with Thomas son of Isaac Allenson.

Robert Heelis, Cordwainer, with William son of William Pinkney.

William Gadttrey, Mason, with Richard son of Mary Atkinson.

Richard Winterburn, Woolcomber and Stuff Weaver, with John son of Edward Hartley.

Joseph Coppendale, Stuff Weaver, with Richard son of Richard Waller.

William Chippendale, Apothecary, with Gilbert son of George Ashton, deceased.

John Bond, Shoemaker, with James son of Richard Hartley, deceased.

John Holmes, Farmer, with Silvester son of Richard Gibson, deceased.

Welbery Holgate, Whitesmith, with Charles son of Thomas Holgate.

Michael Johnson, Linen Weaver, with William son of Matthew Croft.

William Currer, Maltster and Husbandman, with Joseph son of Thomas Johnson.

John Cockshot, Linen Weaver and Husbandman, with Edward son of Edward Demaine.

Thomas Thompson, Blacksmith, with Thomas son of Joseph Petyt.

Thomas Beecroft, Last and Shoe heel Maker, with John Son of Samuel Newell.

Thomas Hodgson, Taylor, with John son of Major Holmes.

Robert Moorhouse, Taylor, with Joseph son of Jonathan Jennings.

Thomas Briggs, Carpenter, with Thomas son of Thomas Birkbeck.

Joseph Sykes, Husbandman, with William son of Thomas Mitchell.

John Duckworth, Clothier, with James son of Nicholas Worsley.

Joseph Kilner, Clothier, with Thomas son of James Laund.

1740

Mr John Wigglesworth, Apothecary, with John son of William Holmes, deceased.

Robert Sutton, Clockmaker, with John son of Abraham Blackburn.

Joshua Holder, Leather Seller and Breeches Maker, with John son of Richard Lister.

William Ellis, Shoemaker, with William son of George Goodgion.

Samuel Goodgion, Butcher and Farmer, with William son of John Sugden.

John Gill, Shoemaker and Farmer, with Henry son of Hugh Watson.

John Kendall, Butcher, with John son of John Petyt.

Thomas Todd, Mason, with William son of William Mason.

Joshua Ibbitson, Carpenter, with John son of William Spencer.

Thomas Guyer, Carpenter, with William son of William Falhouse.

Thomas Gill, Joiner, with Thomas son of Thomas Moon.

James Brown Carpenter, with William son of Thomas Simpson.

Jonathan Jennings, Mason, with William son of William Hustwick.

John Crowther, Shoemaker, with George son of George Thompson.

John Lockwood, Joiner, with Joseph son of William Waite.

Joshua Lockwood, Carpenter, with William son of William Petyt.

Thomas Roberts, Plasterer, and Slater, with Joseph son of Joseph Gill.

Thomas Ellis, Carpenter, with Thomas son of Mary Bracewell.

William Wade, Shalloon Maker, with John son of John Whiteoak.

Michael Johnson, Linen Weaver, with Thomas son of John Umpleby.

1741

Thomas Mawson, Wheelwright, with Jonathan the son of John Greene.

Robert Whitaker, Cordwainer, with Christopher the son of Christopher Whitaker.

Charles Toogood, Taylor, with Thomas son of Roger Mitchell.

Thomas Waterhouse, Taylor, with George son of Anthony Laukland.

William Manks, Cordwainer, with Thomas son of William Bowcock.

Thomas Corke, Barber, with Silvester the son of Christopher Corke.

George Harsnoyse, Cabinet Maker, with James son of Robert Swarbeck.

Henry Atkinson, Carpenter, with Joseph son of Joseph Spencer.

John Oates, Cordwainer, with John son of Christopher Benson.

John Kendall, Butcher, with John son of Francis Fenteman.

John Holmes, Blacksmith, with Joshua son of Thomas Simpson.

Jonathan Cawood, Nailmaker, with William son of Martin West.

Thomas Marshall, Blacksmith, with John son of Thomas Inman.

William Shiers, Linen Weaver and Husbandman, with John son of Christopher Petyt.

William Armistead, Shoemaker, with Robert the son of Major Holmes.

Joseph Leathley, Merchant, with Joseph son of John Moorhouse.

Henry Atkinson, Apothecary, with John son of widow Bradley.

Robert Lepton, Scrivener, with Thomas son of Edward Heelis.

Robert Spencer, Husbandman, with Robert the son of Robert Lund.

1742

William Fell, Cordwainer, with John son of Christopher Petyt.

Samuel Jennings, Mason, with John son of widow Heelis.

Robert Cockshott, Cordwainer, with William son of John Proctor.

John Davy, Stuff Weaver, with Abraham son of Jonas Rushforth.

William Ellis, Cordwainer, with John son of John Cowman.

Matthew Winn, Carpenter, with Joseph son of Joseph Morvill.

John Waddilove, Farmer and Currier, with James son of William Smith.

George Hodson, Weaver and Farmer, with Johnson of Francis Fallice.

John Lockwood, Carpenter, with John son of Sarah Wainhouse.

William Collyer, Linen Weaver, with Peter the son of Peter Leeming.

Jeremy Brigg, Farmer and Shalloon Maker, with Peter son of William Emmett.

Thomas Leyland, Whitesmith, with Richard son of Lawrence Holden.

Robert Wigglesworth, Mason, with George son of Jane Myers.

Robert Lane, Butcher,with William son of Thomas Booth.

George Cockshott, Farmer and Patten Maker, with Thomas son of William Watkinson.

William Guyer, Whitesmith, with Thomas son of Thomas Croft.

James Fenton, Baize Maker and Farmer, with William son of John Taylor.

William Taylor, Baize Maker and Farmer, with John son of James Barnes.

1743

James Yarker, Attorney, with Edward son of Thomas Kitchen.

James Brand, Carpenter, with Thomas son of widow Hall.

Thomas Wilks, Carpenter, with William son of John Robinson.

Hugh Hudson, Weaver, with Hugh son of Thomas Watson.

Thomas Kilham, Ropemaker, with Samuel son of John Sugden.

Jonathan Alcock, Joiner, with John son of John Sugden.

Joshua Ibbetson, Carpenter, with James son of Richard Mason.

Thomas Philip, Butcher, with John son of George Mawson.

Henry Smith, Woolcomber and Weaver, with Reginald son of Thomas Heber.

James Pickard, Linen Weaver, with John son of William West.

Joseph Farmer, Mason, with William son of Mary Lund.

Christopher Graham, Carpenter, with Edward son of Thomas Inman.

William Brown, Carpenter, with John son of John Tennant.

William Ellis, Woolcomber, with Joseph son of Hugh Jennings.

Anthony Read, Taylor, with William son of Thomas Tempest.

1744

John Alcock, Attorney, with John the son of Paul Payte.

George Stead, Blacksmith, with Hugh the son of Hugh Watson.

Edmund Gundry, Butcher and Farmer, with Stephen the son of Edward Heelis.

Thomas Carter, Breeches Maker, with Daniel son of Philip Geldard.

Robert Parkinson, Serge Weaver, with William the son of Richard Wharton.

Thomas Scott, Mason, with Thomas son of Thomas Mason.

William Morvell, Stuff weaver, with Andrew son of Thomas Biker.

Thomas Philip, Blacksmith, with William the son of John Winterburn.

Henry Gregson, Carpenter, with Thomas the son of Francis Fentiman.

William Emmott, Serge Weaver, with Thomas son of William Read.

Jeremiah Whittam, Shoemaker, with John son of Martin West.

Robert Bake, Carpenter, with Joseph son of George Thompson.

George Atkinson, Linen Weaver, with William the son of William Clemmie.

John Cockshott, Linen Webster, with Thomas the son of Robert Lane.

Thomas Forrest, Whitesmith, with John the son of John Laund.

Richard Appleyard, Clothier, with Joshua son of James Mitchell.

1745

William Carr, Apothecary, with William the son of John Chetham.

Richard Abraham, Plumber, with Joseph the son of Ambrose Smith.

Robert Heelis, Shoemaker, with James the son of Isaac Bland.

John Robinson, Taylor, with Thomas the son of Henry Robinson.

George Corke, Cloth Drawer, with Christopher the son of Christopher Corke.

Humphrey Bumby, Linen Draper, with Richard the son of Richard Mason.

Benjamin Smith, Currier, with Joseph the son of William Waddilove.

John Overend, Taylor, with William the son of William Mark.

John Grainger, Joiner, with Thomas the son of John Popplewell.

William Walsh, Grazier, with George the son of Matthew Croft.

Robert Innman, Whitesmith, with James the son of Peter Leeming.

Henry Mitchell, Shoemaker, with Thomas son of John Read.

John Sugden, Weaver, with John son of Thomas Pearson.

William Mankin, Serge Weaver, with Robert son of William Petyt.

William Young, Blacksmith and Farmer, with Robert son of John Ideson.

Jonas Fox, Whitesmith, with Peter son of Anthony Garforth.

Richard Nicholson, House Carpenter, with James son of Joseph Fayrer.

William Brayshaw, Serge Weaver, with Samuel son of Ellen Brayshaw.

1746

Nicholas Huitt, Barber, with James the son of Richard Sugden.

Thomas Hodgson, Mason, with Robert the son of George Huitt.

Samuel Walsh, Shoemaker, with Jonas the son of Richard Jenkinson.

William Richardson, Joiner, with William the son of John Cottam.

John Morris, Tanner, with William the son of John Dale.

William Jolley, Taylor, with John the son of Thomas Wigglesworth.

Thomas Philip, Butcher, with William the son of George Lowcock.

George Cockshott, Clogger, with Humphrey the son of John Read.

Thomas England, Carpenter, with John son of Thomas Simpson.

John Brown, Blacksmith, with Ingram the son of Gershom Holmes.

Thomas Kilham, Ropemaker, with Jonas the son of Susannah Pearson.

John Ward, Cordwainer, with Thomas the son of George Hudson.

Thomas Gill, Carpenter, with George the son of Henry Pettyt.

John Child, Clothmaker, with William the son of George Petyt.

Nicholas Sincliffe, Woolcomber and Weaver, with Joseph the son of Thomas Robinson.

John Cockshott, Flaxdresser, with John the son of Isabel Spencer.

William Dixon, Woolcomber and Worsted Weaver, with Richard the son of Richard Lister.

William Wilkinson, Cooper, with William the son of John Skinner.

Abraham Dixon, Worsted Weaver, with Isaac the son of Thomas Bland.

Nicholas Sincliffe, Stuff Weaver, with Thomas the son of Thomas Byker.

John Smith, Linen Weaver, with William the son of Thomas Heber.

John Ward, Linen Weaver, with William the son of Edward Demaine.

David Harrison, Carpenter, with John the son of Hugh Jennings.

Robert Spencer, Tanner, with John the son of William Watkinson.

Benjamin Leeming, Linen Weaver, with Jonathan the son of Jonathan Jennings.

Silvester Catterson, Tanner, with Henry the son of Henry Shelden.

James Hallpike, Cabinet Maker, with William the son of Mary Paley.

George Kendall, Butcher, with George the son of Ambrose Smith.

William Weatherhead, Sadler, with John the son of John Weatherhead.

Alexander Catterall, Linen Weaver, with John the son of John Cottam.

Jeremiah Whitwham, Shoemaker, with Thomas the son of George Whitham.

Joshua Barker, Flax Dresser, with William the son of Samuel Atkinson.

William Demaine, Blacksmith, with Thomas son of John Barker.

Robert Whitaker, Shoemaker, with John the son of James MacFarlin.

Henry Briggs, Linen Weaver, with William the son of Richard Hargreaves.

John Baxter, Feltmaker, with John the son of William Gill.

Jeremy Brigg, Weaver, with Jonathan the son of William Barrett.

John Marshall, Clothmaker, with William the son of Thomas Howgill.

William Walsh, Butcher, with John the son of Thomas Pickersgill.

Felix Preston, Blacksmith, with Richard the son of Thomas Howarth.

Henry Ambler, Shoemaker, with John the son of Joseph Walsh.

Joshua Man, Shalloon Weaver, with John the son of Stephen Ellis.

John Holmes, Blacksmith, with John the son of Robert Moorhouse.

William Jennings, Shalloon Weaver, with Henry son of Richard Watson.

Edward Hirst, Stuffmaker, with George the son of George Lowcock.

Samuel Scatcherd, Salter, with John the son of John Heelis.

William Maude, Ironmonger, with Silvester the son of Edward Heelis.

William Dixon, Stuffmaker and Wool Comber with William the son of Nathan Gawtrop.

Thomas Bishop, Feltmaker, with John the son of Richard Wright.

William Geen, Stuffmaker, with Christopher the son of Robert Metcalfe.

Joshua Duckworth, Stuffmaker, with Joseph the son of Joseph Smith.

John Sales, Shalloon Weaver, with William the son of Robert Moorhouse.

Robert Wiggan, Cooper, with Thomas the son of Josias Whitaker.

Thomas Guyer with George the son of George Guyer.

William Armsread, Joiner, with Edward the son of William Clemmy.

Edward Kenion, Surgeon and Apothecary with Edward the son of John Heelis.

Thomas Wood, Staymaker, with John the son of widow Whitehead.

John Tonson, Barber, with William the son of William Wharton.

John Bayley, Skinner, with Joshua the son of Joshua Holder.

Thomas Biker, Stuff Weaver, with William the son of John Biker.

Thomas Scaif, Whitesmith, with Charles the son of Christopher Benson.

William Morvel, Stuffmaker, with Thomas son of Thomas Metcalf.

John Willcock, Clothier, with William the son of William Barrett.

Jonathan Cawood, Nail Maker, with Thomas the son of Martin West.

Stirton

William Lee, Shoemaker, with Richard the son of widow Grandorge.

Samuel Smith, Blacksmith, with Thomas the son of Thomas Guier.

William Gill, Linen Weaver, with Richard the son of William Roberts.

William Roberts, Linen Weaver, with Thomas the son of Thomas Petyt of Storiths.

John Cockshot, Flax Dresser and Linen Weaver, with Catterson Paley son of Mary Paley.

Joshua Dawson, Sadler, with William the son of Francis Demaine.

Thomas Dutton, Butcher, with William the son of Robert Metcalf.

George Wharton, Cordwainer, with Solomon the son of William Scott.

William Prims, Butcher, with James the son of Matthew Wilson.

James Walker, Stuffmaker, with Thomas son of George Taylor.

John Whitaker, Staymaker, with John the son of Richard Hargrave.

Hugh Croft, Carpenter, with George son of George Kendall.

Thomas Waite, Blacksmith, with Thomas the son of John Wade.

Philip Eldridge, Wheelwright, with John the son of John Lowcock.

Robert Holmes, Cordwainer, with Matthew the son of Matthew Young.

James Moon, Linen Weaver, with Richard son of Joseph Petyt.

William Richardson, Stuffmaker, with Elihu the son of John Tenant.

Robert Lund, Linen Weaver, with Samuel son of Samuel Servant of Knaresborough.

Richard Sanderson, Tin Plate Worker, with Thomas the son of Thomas Jeffreys of Leeds.

William Tyson, Staymaker, with James the son of John Robinson.

William Emmot, Breeches Maker, with William the son of Joshua Holder.

Richard Mason, Stuff Weaver, with Robert the son of Robert Barrett.

Richard Winterburn, Worsted Weaver, with William the son of William Greenwood.

Robert Holmes, Cordwainer, with William son of Joseph Smith.

Richard Atkinson, Mason, with John the son of George Lowcock.

Thomas Ellis, Carpenter, with William son of Robert Mason.

Stephen Brigg, Blacksmith, with Major the son of Major Brigg.

William Wyley, Cordwainer, with George the son of widow Bolton.

John Booth, Stuffmaker, with Christopher the son of Thomas Petyt.

Joseph Leeming, Shoemaker, with Christopher the son of Thomas Gill.

Emanuel Shires, Butcher, with John the son of John Holmes.

John Kendall, Butcher, with George the son of George Demaine.

John Chippendale, Mason, with John the son of Lawrence Chippendale.

Thomas Banks, Cloth Draper, with Richard the son of Richard Hargraves.

John Benson, Mason, with Thomas the son of John Bowcock.

Stephen Moorby, Butcher, with Francis the son of widow Wilkinson.

Christopher Gott, Taylor, with Joseph the son of William Hindley.

William Young, Blacksmith, with William the son of Thomas Pickersgill.

Jonathan Kirkby, Linen Weaver, with Samuel son of Samuel Hartley.

Stephen Lawson, Joiner, with Thomas son of John Simpson.

William Sutcliff, Bricklayer, with Henry son of William West.

Thomas Pearson, Clothier, with Stephen son of William Barrett.

William Spencer, Clothier, with William son of Matthew Winn.

Joseph Waddington, Roper, with John son of Robert Spencer.

William Walsh, Butcher, with John son of Jonathan Jennings.

Nathaniel Kendall, Joiner, with Samuel son of widow Croft.

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